23 October 2008
Back to Prison
Posted by admin under: Community Partners; recruitment .
In my other post, Incarcerated Scouts, I referenced scoutingnews.com’s article about a Boy Scout troop in a youth correctional facility. I just found out that Girl Scouts of the USA allows incarcerated girls to be Scouts, too, but bumps it up a notch by having a nationally organized program for keeping moms and daughters together through the bond of Girl Scouts. It’s called Girl Scouts Beyond Bars.
Instituted in 1992 through a partnership with the National Institute of Justice, Girl Scouts Beyond Bars provides girls an opportunity to visit their incarcerated mothers weekly to monthly and take part in mother/daughter Girl Scout troop meetings.
The other program is Girl Scouting in Detention Centers.
Girl Scouting in Detention Centers is often a court-mandated program for teens and ‘tweens, and provides them with opportunities to participate in activities that work to cultivate a positive value system, a strong social conscious and the critical life-skills needed to become healthy, productive women. Girl Scout councils serve over 10,000 girls ages 12-17 living in detention facilities in 20 states.
So, maybe that “Tough Cookies” movie script isn’t as far-fetched as it originally sounded to me. Court-mandated Girl Scouts. Sell these cookies or else!
- Incarcerated Scouts
- Not Troop Beverly Hills
- Door-To-Door Charity Work
- G’Day Girls!
- Lack of Outdoor Activity Leads to Other Girl Groups
